Everyone knows that a Dragon has keener senses than almost every
animal in the world. So it was no real surprise for Big Lockheed to be able
to find Kurt's scent once he reached the airport. Everyone there started to
scream and run around as they watched a giant Dragon make a light landing,
but Big Lockheed paid them no mind as he sniffed the air to try and get a
bearing on where Kurt would have gone.
Shrugging, he stuck as much of his body as he could into the terminal, following Kurt's scent right to the woman who had sold him the ticket. Before she could run off, Big Lockheed gently picked her up with one hand and he brought her outside so that he could hold her up to eye level.
"Excuse me." He said, whispering so that he didn't destroy her eardrums. "I am looking for Kurt Wagner. Not the one known as Nightcrawler or SkyElf however. Do you happen to know where he is heading?"
"He bought a one way ticket to New York City!" the woman said. "Please don't drop me!" she screamed, looking down at the ground in terror. Chuckling, Big Lockheed gently placed her back down on the ground.
"Now what would be the point of that?" he asked, spreading his wings out slowly. With a single flap he was airborne and heading right for the Lighthouse.
Unfortunately, the force of the wind that he had kicked up blew the airport terminal apart. ***
A few hours later, Kurt found himself being checked by the airport security in New York City. Once he was cleared to leave, he converted his European money to American and then he headed for the city, hailing a cab on the way. ***
Johanna listened to everything her parents had to say about their past and why they did what they did. When they were finally finished, she sat at the table, looking into her empty mug.
"Why didn't you tell us this before?" she asked finally, raising her eyebrows slightly.
"We wanted to." StarPryde said. "But we wanted to tell you both when you were eighteen, when you were old enough to understand these things. We never wanted to have you learn through these things!" she said, flicking issue ten of Excalibur with contempt.
"The point is; we wanted to tell you the whole story." SkyElf finished, his tail swaying side to side lazily. "But it hasn't worked out that way and now Kurt has run off to Gott knows where."
Lockheed looked up from his perch on Shadowcat's shoulder and he smiled, roaring to get their attention as he fluttered onto the window ledge.
"What is it, Lockheed?" Shadowcat asked, walking up to see what he was doing. She gasped softly as Big Lockheed landed on the beach, folding his wings slowly as he headed towards the Lighthouse.
"Did you send for him?" Brian asked Lockheed, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yeah!" Lockheed nodded, flying down to meet his giant doppelganger.
Big Lockheed waited calmly for all of Excalibur to show up, including Johanna who looked up at him in awe since he had never shown himself much.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you two." Big Lockheed said, lowering his head to look at SkyElf and StarPryde. He smiled, showing that his fangs that had once been filed down were just as sharp as they once were.
"You look better with hair, StarPryde." He said. "But that is not why I am here. I know where your son Kurt is going. He is on a plane heading for New York City.
"I suggest not calling anyone that you may know there to warn them." He added, turning to face Moira calmly. "It won't do any good to make the boy feel like he is being hunted down like an animal by his Nazi parents now will it?
"Perhaps sending your daughter to talk him would be best. Siblings tend to be able to talk better with each other.
"There is one thing you must do if he does not want to come back, however." He added, lowering his head so that he was eye to eye with Johanna as much as possible.
"What's that?" Johanna asked.
"Don't try to force him to come back. If he doesn't want to go, let him stay there and leave him. Nothing will be gained by making him return to people he does not wish to return to. In time, he may wish to return on his own."
"But what if he doesn't?" Brian asked, placing his hands on his hips. "What if your plan just makes things worse and Kurt never comes back here?" Big Lockheed looked over at him, and his eyes glittered knowingly.
"Never is a long time, but it doesn't seem to ever last longer than a person's life." He said. "If it takes years for Kurt to return to SkyElf and StarPryde..."
"Then so be it." SkyElf finished softly. Wrapping his tail around StarPryde's middle, he pulled her into a gentle hug.
"We can't force our son to come back and try to understand everything." He said. "But we can hope for it."
Shrugging, he stuck as much of his body as he could into the terminal, following Kurt's scent right to the woman who had sold him the ticket. Before she could run off, Big Lockheed gently picked her up with one hand and he brought her outside so that he could hold her up to eye level.
"Excuse me." He said, whispering so that he didn't destroy her eardrums. "I am looking for Kurt Wagner. Not the one known as Nightcrawler or SkyElf however. Do you happen to know where he is heading?"
"He bought a one way ticket to New York City!" the woman said. "Please don't drop me!" she screamed, looking down at the ground in terror. Chuckling, Big Lockheed gently placed her back down on the ground.
"Now what would be the point of that?" he asked, spreading his wings out slowly. With a single flap he was airborne and heading right for the Lighthouse.
Unfortunately, the force of the wind that he had kicked up blew the airport terminal apart. ***
A few hours later, Kurt found himself being checked by the airport security in New York City. Once he was cleared to leave, he converted his European money to American and then he headed for the city, hailing a cab on the way. ***
Johanna listened to everything her parents had to say about their past and why they did what they did. When they were finally finished, she sat at the table, looking into her empty mug.
"Why didn't you tell us this before?" she asked finally, raising her eyebrows slightly.
"We wanted to." StarPryde said. "But we wanted to tell you both when you were eighteen, when you were old enough to understand these things. We never wanted to have you learn through these things!" she said, flicking issue ten of Excalibur with contempt.
"The point is; we wanted to tell you the whole story." SkyElf finished, his tail swaying side to side lazily. "But it hasn't worked out that way and now Kurt has run off to Gott knows where."
Lockheed looked up from his perch on Shadowcat's shoulder and he smiled, roaring to get their attention as he fluttered onto the window ledge.
"What is it, Lockheed?" Shadowcat asked, walking up to see what he was doing. She gasped softly as Big Lockheed landed on the beach, folding his wings slowly as he headed towards the Lighthouse.
"Did you send for him?" Brian asked Lockheed, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yeah!" Lockheed nodded, flying down to meet his giant doppelganger.
Big Lockheed waited calmly for all of Excalibur to show up, including Johanna who looked up at him in awe since he had never shown himself much.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you two." Big Lockheed said, lowering his head to look at SkyElf and StarPryde. He smiled, showing that his fangs that had once been filed down were just as sharp as they once were.
"You look better with hair, StarPryde." He said. "But that is not why I am here. I know where your son Kurt is going. He is on a plane heading for New York City.
"I suggest not calling anyone that you may know there to warn them." He added, turning to face Moira calmly. "It won't do any good to make the boy feel like he is being hunted down like an animal by his Nazi parents now will it?
"Perhaps sending your daughter to talk him would be best. Siblings tend to be able to talk better with each other.
"There is one thing you must do if he does not want to come back, however." He added, lowering his head so that he was eye to eye with Johanna as much as possible.
"What's that?" Johanna asked.
"Don't try to force him to come back. If he doesn't want to go, let him stay there and leave him. Nothing will be gained by making him return to people he does not wish to return to. In time, he may wish to return on his own."
"But what if he doesn't?" Brian asked, placing his hands on his hips. "What if your plan just makes things worse and Kurt never comes back here?" Big Lockheed looked over at him, and his eyes glittered knowingly.
"Never is a long time, but it doesn't seem to ever last longer than a person's life." He said. "If it takes years for Kurt to return to SkyElf and StarPryde..."
"Then so be it." SkyElf finished softly. Wrapping his tail around StarPryde's middle, he pulled her into a gentle hug.
"We can't force our son to come back and try to understand everything." He said. "But we can hope for it."